A five-car crash at around the halfway point of the Daytona 500 on Sunday knocked Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. out of the race.

The right rear tire on Busch's No. 18 car blew out going into Turn 3, causing him to crash into Matt Kenseth, Erik Jones, Ty Dillon and Earnhardt Jr. The race had to be paused after the accident while the debris were cleaned off the track.

Earnhardt's crew was unable to fix the damage to his vehicle in the five-minute allowance, preventing him from finishing the remainder of the race.

“It wasn’t too hard a hit. Thought we could get the car fixed," Earnhardt Jr. said. "It’s just too much damage.”